Huff Post: A leaked Lady Gaga song called “Burqa” is causing controversy among the Muslim community for its sexualized lyrics about the body beneath the traditional Islamic garment. HuffPost Live’s Dena Takruri hosted a panel of Muslim women to get their take on the track. Among them was Keziah S. Ridgeway, a fashion […]
• Obama weighs options, talks with Britain’s Cameron • Assad govt warns US military action would set Mideast ablaze • UN inspectors press Damascus to allow investigation WASHINGTON: US intelligence […]
Leaked emails from defense contractor refers to chemical weapons saying ‘the idea is approved by Washington’ Obama issued warning to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad last month that use of chemical warfare was ‘totally unacceptable’ By LOUISE BOYLE PUBLISHED: 14:16 EST, 29 January 2013 | UPDATED: 14:16 EST, 29 January 2013 […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in We left everything behind for Canada, because this is where we have been able to practise our religion openly and freely. Re “Bad legislation PQ’s cross to bear” (Editorial, […]
Quebec’s charter of values: Less like Putin, more like poutine: Salutin The Star: The Parti Québécois government in Quebec is floating a “Charter of Quebec Values.” It makes me nostalgic […]
The Star: Quebec’s Parti Québécois government is plumbing new depths in its cynical campaign to pump oxygen into the sputtering cause of sovereignty. Its latest manoeuvre, according to a trial […]
Russia Today: Despite President Obama cautioning against intervention in Syria, the Pentagon is making “initial preparations” for a cruise missile attack on Syrian government forces, according to a new report. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey is expected to present options for such a strike at a White House meeting […]
Source: NY Times: Our genes may have a more elevated moral sense than our minds do, according to a new study of the genetic effects of happiness. They can, it seems, reward us with healthy gene activity when we’re unselfish — and chastise us, at a microscopic level, when we […]
Source: NY Times: If the U.S. goes in and attacks another country without a U.N. mandate and without clear evidence that can be presented, then there are questions in terms of whether international law supports it, do we have the coalition to make it work?” Mr. Obama said on Friday […]
Source: Dawn.Com ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT: The Pentagon is moving forces into place in case President Barack Obama opts for military action against Syria, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel suggested Friday. Amid calls for military intervention after the Syrian regime carried out an alleged chemical weapons attack this week, […]
By davidswanson – Posted on 20 August 2013 By Inder Comar SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., (Aug. 20, 2013) — In court papers filed today (PDF), the United States Department of Justice requested that George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Paul Wolfowitz be granted procedural immunity […]
By C. J. CHIVERS Published: August 22, 2013 Matthew Schrier was helpless. An American photographer held in a rebel-controlled prison in the Syrian city of Aleppo, he and a fellow […]
By Jeff Kunerth, Orlando Sentinel 4:20 am, August 23, 2013 More than 100 Egyptian-Americans and their supporters gathered Thursday night in sympathy with Coptic Christians and in opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood. Speakers maintained that the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was justified because of widespread displeasure with his […]
August 23, 2013 – 02:26 By Phil Stewart CARLISLE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Unlike today’s ubiquitous images of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in crisp uniform decorated with medals, the U.S. Army […]
Source: The daily Beast Suffragists march in New York in March 1913. (AP) Social Change “Redefining Rape”: A Brief History of Rape In America 10 hours ago – by Sarah Begley Stanford professor Estelle Freedman’s new book examines how sex crimes oppressed women and blacks in the age of suffrage […]
Source: carbonated.tv PBS has a new series on the life of Muslim Prophet Muhammad with narrator and acclaimed journalist Rageh Omaar. The project also aims to provide a ‘balanced’ narrative of Islam with facts that may not be known to many people, especially Americans. It is a three part series that […]
Global Post: LONDON, UK — Sometime before a plane from Berlin touched down at Heathrow Airport on Sunday morning, the British authorities placed a call to Washington to report that they would be detaining one of the passengers. David Miranda, 28, is not a US citizen. However, he is the partner of a person […]
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The debate in the media, and in political, circles over Edward Snowden–Right or Wrong–often doubles back on references to Bradley Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison this morning. Too often (that is, most of the time), the value and import of the Manning/WikiLeaks disclosures are ignored or […]